The episode, which centered around Mr. Hankey, a talking piece of poop that wears a Santa Hat, also satirized the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and Roseanne Barr (specifically her blaming racist comments made toward Valerie Jarrett on the sleep medication Ambien), and ended with a cameo appearance by Apu, a Simpsons character often noted as an example of poor stereotyping and outright racism.

Wait, what? The entire point of this was they were mocking outrage culture and defending The Simpsons. The hashtag was ironic, as theyÛªve ironically created their own hashtag for this entire season. Not surprising that j. 2018 people donÛªt understand South Park. 21 years later.

Satire is as fluid as it is powerfulÛÓit is hard to call out whether or not the satire is truly trying to prove a point, or if it’s just making fun of its target with no expected repercussions. One of the beauties of working in satire is that you don’t have to explain which choice you are making, you just have to make a strong choice, which is clearly what Trey Parker and Matt Stone were doing with this ending.